Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Staal, Del Zotto & Johnson Lead Canada Over Latvia

Team Canada moved to 2-0 at the World Hockey Championships by defeating Latvia 6-1 last night.

Marc Staal finished the game with two shots and a plus-1 rating in 12:04 of ice time. Michael Del Zotto saw 14:23 of ice time but did not register a shot on goal. And Ranger prospect Chad Johnson played the third period stopping 11 of 12 shots.

Johson wrote about his first international experience in his journal at newyorkrangers.com...

"I thought the third went well, and the guys battled hard in front of me, killing of some penalties. It was nice having a 6-0 lead to work with. Had a tough one go in around the 10-minute mark to wreck the shutout for Mason and the guys, which sucks. I felt a little rusty at the start but got into the flow of things later on."

...love the honesty from the kid when he said it "sucks" to lose the shutout. This experience should go a long way in his development.

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